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Making friends during lockdown through intergenerational linking

Despite the challenges and pressures faced by care homes and schools during the pandemic, children and older people have been befriending each other in Bradford. Amy Lock and Linda Cowie from the Linking Network share stories of how these friendships are making a difference.

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Our first mixed motive investment

In the autumn of 2021, we were excited to finally launch our Impact Investment Policy and in spring 2022 we made our first social investment in the Zinc 2 fund… The Zinc 2 Fund is an early-stage venture capital …

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